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Backup Agents

Last modified by Cloud24 on 03.09.2000

Backup Agents

Installing Backup Agents

Once the VSPC management agents are installed, all computers managed by the VSPC agent will be listed under Discovered Computers, and you can proceed with installing the backup agents.

Installing Backup Agents for Windows

For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Veeam Service Provider Console — Managing Veeam Backup Agents

To install backup agents, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to Managed Computers from the left navigation menu;
  2. Switch to the Discovered Computers tab;
  3. Select the checkboxes next to the required computers, or right-click the target computer and select Install Backup Agent;
  4. In the Install Backup Agent window that appears, enter local administrator credentials under which the agent installation will be performed;
  5. In the Backup policy to apply drop-down list, you can choose a predefined policy, create a new one, or configure the job later by selecting No policy (the video example demonstrates the latter option). For more details, see the official product documentation — Configuring Backup Policies;
  6. By default, read-only access mode is enabled for all Veeam backup agents. To disable read-only mode for Veeam backup agents, switch the Enable read-only UI access for the backup agent toggle to Off. For more details, see the official product documentation — Enabling Read-Only Access Mode;
  7. To configure global settings for Veeam backup agents, click Configure and specify the default global parameters. For more details, see the official product documentation — Configuring Global Settings for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows;
  8. To apply the settings, click Apply;
  9. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Verifying Installation Results

  1. Navigate to Managed Computers from the left navigation menu;
  2. Switch to the Discovered Computers tab;
  3. Locate the target computers in the list;
  4. Check the values in the Deployment Status and Deployment Progress columns. If the installation was successful, Deployment Status should be Success, and Deployment Progress should be 100%.

In some cases, a reboot warning may appear in the installation session details list after setup completes. To finalize the installation, you can initiate a computer reboot directly from the Veeam Service Provider Console. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Rebooting Remote Computers

Installing Backup Agents for Linux

For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Veeam Service Provider Console — Managing Veeam Backup Agents

To install backup agents, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to Managed Computers from the left navigation menu;
  2. Switch to the Discovered Computers tab;
  3. Select the checkboxes next to the required computers, or right-click the target computer and select Install Backup Agent;
  4. In the Install Backup Agent window that appears, enter local administrator credentials under which the agent installation will be performed;
  5. In the Backup policy to apply drop-down list, you can choose a predefined policy, create a new one, or configure the job later by selecting No policy (the video example demonstrates the latter option). For more details, see the official product documentation — Configuring Backup Policies;
  6. By default, read-only access mode is enabled for all Veeam backup agents. To disable read-only mode for Veeam backup agents, switch the Enable read-only UI access for the backup agent toggle to Off. For more details, see the official product documentation — Enabling Read-Only Access Mode;
  7. To apply the settings, click Apply;
  8. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Verifying Installation Results

  1. Navigate to Managed Computers from the left navigation menu;
  2. Switch to the Discovered Computers tab;
  3. Locate the target computers in the list;
  4. Check the values in the Deployment Status and Deployment Progress columns. If the installation was successful, Deployment Status should be Success, and Deployment Progress should be 100%.

In some cases, a reboot warning may appear in the installation session details list after setup completes. To finalize the installation, you can initiate a computer reboot directly from the Veeam Service Provider Console. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Rebooting Remote Computers

Managing Veeam Backup Agent Jobs

Modifying Veeam Backup Agent Jobs

To modify a backup job, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to Backup Jobs from the left navigation menu;
  2. In the Backup Policy column, select Not assigned;
  3. In the Agent Job window that opens, click Create job;
  4. In the New Backup Job wizard, select Create a new job and click Next;
  5. In the Name field, enter a name for the new backup job and click Next;
  6. At the Operation mode step, select the required mode (in our example, Server) and click Next. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Choose Backup Agent Operation Mode;
  7. At the Backup Mode step, select the required backup mode (in our example, Volume level backup) and click Next. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Choose Backup Mode;
  8. At the Destination step, select the target backup destination (in our example, Veeam Cloud Connect repository) and click Next. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Choose Backup Destination;
  9. At the Credentials step, enter the username and password provided by your service provider for accessing the cloud repository in the Username and Password fields, then click Next;
  10. At the Backup Resources step, select the repository and click Advanced Settings...;
  11. In the Advanced Settings window that opens, configure advanced backup job options, then click Apply to save changes. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Specify Advanced Job Settings;
  12. At the Backup Cache step, specify the local backup cache location if needed. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Choose Local Backup Cache Location;
  13. At the Guest Processing step, enable application-aware processing and file indexing as required. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Specify Guest OS Processing Options;
  14. At the Schedule step, configure the backup schedule. For more details, refer to the official product documentation — Configure Backup Schedule;
  15. At the Summary step, review your backup policy settings and click Finish to apply the configuration.